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Good progress. Glad to see you are working to keep this as original as possible. I have a 2000 that is almost entirely stock. I am currently working on a ’91 that I am taking back closer to stock. My build thread is here: https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f46/19...thread-256001/
The 1993 and 1991 are very similar so some of what I have done or will be doing might be useful to you. I am still in the process of catching the thread up to where I am with refurbishment tasks.
coincidentally i read your thread last night lol. Looks like a good car to start restoring!
Welp, me being the stubborn and impatient man that I am, i installed the sending unit in heavy rain. Didn't have a jack so i crawled under on a tarp and did the job. Happy to say she is alive and kicking! No more spitting and sputtering and finally best of all, no loud and annoying humming! Now with that out of the way my next big project in the coming months will be replacing the heater core(pray for me).
So i got curious and looked up my cars vin number on vehiclehistory.com and apparently my jeep's home was a salvage yard in 2016. Looks like it was rear ended back then. Someone bought it and took care of it but idk if having the bumper dented in like that would constitute sending it to salvage. It runs perfectly so im at a loss LOL
Last edited by Cordless telephone; 03-21-2020 at 10:19 AM.
It does not take much for an insurance company to total an old vehicle these days. It is also possible that it was sold at dealer auction and not as salvage. If it was truly sold as salvage to a salvage yard it likely would have been required to have a salvage title at some point. Did the VIN check show that?
You might want to inspect the bumper support brackets and related bolts. Also check the frame section from bumper to rear wheel arch for any distortion and rear leaf spring mount boxes. Also look at floor pan seams in that area for gaps or puckering. You just want to know that there is nothing that might present a safety issue or location for rust to form.
It does not take much for an insurance company to total an old vehicle these days. It is also possible that it was sold at dealer auction and not as salvage. If it was truly sold as salvage to a salvage yard it likely would have been required to have a salvage title at some point. Did the VIN check show that?
You might want to inspect the bumper support brackets and related bolts. Also check the frame section from bumper to rear wheel arch for any distortion and rear leaf spring mount boxes. Also look at floor pan seams in that area for gaps or puckering. You just want to know that there is nothing that might present a safety issue or location for rust to form.
yea it was listed as a salvage title. I checked the underside and it looks straight to me. The only main rust is a hole in my backseat passenger side.
Drove 75 miles round trip today with the cherokee and it gave me no problems what so ever. It was the fuel pump that was causing my spitting and sputtering when i would accelerate. Glad to have her on the road once again! Though there has been a small downside to rushing to put in the sending unit/fuel pump... The gas gauge is stuck on full. Most likely because the floater is hung up on something. I know i have atleast a quarter of a tank of gas so it's not too much of a worry. If it would ever STOP RAINING, i could fix it.
Last edited by Cordless telephone; 03-21-2020 at 08:40 PM.
The sending unit i bought does not work. Gonna have to send it back and get a replacement. I guess that's what i get for trying to go cheap and pay $53 for the whole unit. Oh well. She is once again a sitting duck for another week or two.
Found an OEM radio by a fellow forum poster on here and we traded. A grey lift gate panel for the radio. Blown fuse later and she works! As far as I know, my jeep is 100% stock.
It doesn't work at the moment. I think the band may have finally bit it. Being a 30 year old setup and all. Plan on getting it fixed in the near future!
So i frankensteined the New fuel pump with my old sending unit since my old one worked and then it started its sputtering on me. I know it wasnt the fuel pump because it was brand spanking new so i did what i do best. Snoop around and be nosey. Ive come to the conclusion that in my rush of cleaning the throttle body of carbon, and subsequently installing it back. I never tightened my MAP sensor. That would be cause 1. Cause 2 is one of my rubber elbows for my pcv valve hose is shot so i am losing vacuum.
Once again the rain is stopping me from fixing it.(just started raining as of writing this FML). So I am pretty sure these are the cause.
Last edited by Cordless telephone; 04-05-2020 at 11:33 AM.
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